A member of PEC No.070679, situated in the village Mala Yablunka of Manevychi Raion, took the seal out of the polling station to the district election commission, and rewrote the protocol there.
At the same time, at the polling station No.070727 (Krynychne of Manevychi Raion), the precinct commission didn't stamp the envelopes for documents. This became known to OPORA observer when members of this PEC had already arrived at the district commission. The members of the latter took the decision to check all the information in the documents of the precinct commission. As it turned out later, they also took the seal with them to the DEC, which they weren't allowed to do.
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In 2012, during Parliamentary elections in Ukraine OPORA is carrying out a large-scale campaign of long- and short term observation, organizing a statistical vote-count by the results of voting with the proportional component of the electoral system on a basis of representative selection, will provide 100% coverage of polling stations by observers in separate single-mandate majoritarian districts. OPORA observers will work in all 225 electoral districts, and 3,500 activists will join them on the voting day. Organization will use the latest means of spreading information on observation results, including infographics and interactive maps.